At the Seashore: Guided excursions, free events all summer

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Jul 8, 2017 at 7:59 AM

By Cape Codder Staff

Cape Cod National Seashore offers something for everyone, from sunbathing, swimming and surfing to kayak and canoe excursions — even fishing lessons. There also are free lectures and trail walks, and tours of Seashore properties such as Nauset Light and the Penniman House.

Guided programs charge a fee. A canoe trip on Salt Pond, for instance, costs $23 for adults; $18 for kids. Pick up a copy of the activity schedule at one of the visitor centers, or see the whole shebang on line at nps.gov/caco. Click Plan Your Visit, then Things to Do.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and events begin at 7 p.m. For more information, call the visitor center at 508-255-3421, ext. 0.

Tuesday, July 11

Music with Heart. Ellen Sullivan and Claudia Wellington will perform on cello and guitar.

Thursday, July 13

Restoring the Herring River. Cape Cod National Seashore Chief of Natural Resources Nita Tallent will provide an update on the planning underway to improve the tidal flow of the Herring River in Wellfleet.

Tuesday, July 18

Keeping Time: Cape Cod National Seashore Park Historian Bill Burke will present a program that brings to life objects popular in earlier times.

Wednesday, July 19

Chris Macort, an underwater archaeologist and director of exhibits at the Whydah Pirate Museum, will discuss his work that takes him from discoveries on the ocean floor to conservation of archeological material at the Museum’s laboratory.

Thursday, July 20

Toast and Jam. Tim Dickey and friends perform original bluegrass, modern folk, Americana, swing and more.

Storytelling with Rona Leventhal. She’ll share stories from silly to serious and from mysterious to monstrous. Adults and children alike will enjoy her tales.

Tuesday, Aug. 29

Jackson Gillman, the Stand-Up Chameleon, will present "Once Upon a Tide,” his fun and fishy celebration that moves from the sandy beach to the briny deep.

Music at Herring Cove Beach

Presented by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore and Far Land on the Beach, free “Sunset Concerts on the Beach” feature the Cape’s favorite musicians. Bring your appetites and your chairs. Shows start around 6:30 p.m.

Here’s the line-up for this season:

July 9: Zoe Lewis

July 12: New Beach Band

July 16: Spampinato Brothers

July 19: Cheryl Aruda

July 23: Sensible Shoes

July 26: The Groovalottos

July 30: Funktapus

Aug. 2: Sarah Swain

Aug. 6: New Beach Band

Aug. 9: The Daggers

Aug. 13: Chandler Travis

Aug. 16: Digney Fignus

Aug. 20: Steve Morgan and the Kingfish

Aug. 23: Grab Brothers

Aug. 27: Zoe Lewis

Aug. 30: Johnny and the Washashores

Sept. 3: Rip It Ups

About the Beaches

Eastham: Coast Guard Beach, Nauset Light Beach

Wellfleet: Marconi Beach

Truro: Head of the Meadow

Provincetown: Race Point Beach, Herring Cove

Admission: Private vehicle, $20; motorcycles, $10; walk-in, $3.

Visitors to Coast Guard Beach must ride the tram from Little Creek Parking Area, as there is no parking at the beach.

Vehicles with town of Eastham stickers can park free in designated spots at Coast Guard and Nauset Light beaches.

Pets must be leashed (leashes may not exceed 6 feet), and are not allowed on lifeguard-protected beaches, the Coast Guard Beach tram and most of the bike and walking trails (see signs).

All Seashore beaches provide showers, restrooms, drinking water and lifeguards through Labor Day.

Smoking is prohibited on protected swimming beaches when lifeguards are on duty.